CHEVET

Meaning of CHEVET in English

[ ʃə'veɪ ]

■ noun Architecture an apse with an ambulatory giving access behind the high altar to a series of chapels set in bays.

Origin

C19: from Fr., lit. 'pillow'.

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CHEVET — shəˈvā noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, alteration of Old French chevez, from Latin capitium head covering, opening for the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHEVET — (n.) The extreme end of the chancel or choir; properly the round or polygonal part.
Английский словарь Webster
CHEVET — ( n. ) The extreme end of the chancel or choir; properly the round or polygonal part.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CHEVET — /sheuh vay"/ , n. an apse, as of a Gothic cathedral. [ 1800-10; chevès, OF chevez capitium opening or covering …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHEVET — noun the extreme end of the chancel or choir; properly the round or polygonal part.
Webster English vocab
CHEVET — eastern end of a church, especially of a Gothic church designed in the French manner. Beginning about the 12th century, …
Britannica English vocabulary
CHEVET — n. the apsidal end of a church, sometimes with an attached group of apses. [F, = pillow, f. L capitium …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CHEVET — n. the apsidal end of a church, sometimes with an attached group of apses. [ F, = pillow, f. L …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CHEVET — n. the apsidal end of a church, sometimes with an attached group of apses. Etymology: F, pillow, f. L capitium …
Oxford English vocab
CATHEDRAL — I Church, often large and magnificent, in which a residential bishop has his official seat. Cathedrals are usually embellished versions …
Английский словарь Британика
TÊTE-BÊCHE — (ˈ)tāt|bāsh adjective Etymology: French, noun, pair of inverted stamps, from tête head + bêche, short for obsolete French bechevet double …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
APSE AISLE — noun : an aisle or ambulatory continuing a choir aisle around an apse or chevet
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHURCH — in architecture, a building designed for Christian worship. The earliest churches were based on the plan of the pagan Roman …
Britannica English vocabulary
CHAPEL — small, intimate place of worship. The name was originally applied to the shrine in which the kings of France preserved …
Britannica English vocabulary
APSE — in architecture, a semicircular or polygonal termination to the choir, chancel, or aisle of a secular or ecclesiastical building. First …
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REIMS CATHEDRAL — also called the Cathedral of Notre-Dame at Reims, cathedral located in the city of Reims, France, on the Vesle River …
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LADY CHAPEL — chapel attached to a church and dedicated to the Blessed Virgin. As the development of the chevet, or radiating system …
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TÉTE-BÉCHE — adj. (of a postage stamp) printed upside down or sideways relative to another. [F f. téte head + b÷chevet double …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CATHEDRAL — n. Church, often large and magnificent, in which a residential bishop has his official seat. Cathedrals are usually embellished versions …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CHURCH — n. 25B6; noun a village church : PLACE OF WORSHIP, house of God; cathedral, minster, abbey, chapel, basilica; Scottish & …
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